The hangman did his job, and Dr. Watson declared the condemned man dead, yet Lord Blackwood has emerged from the tomb to assert his deadly will over 1890 London. Is he in league with the forces of hell itself? Is the whole Empire in peril? It's a mystery macabre—and only Sherlock Holmes can master it. Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law put memorable imprints on Holmes and Watson in this 2009 reimagining that makes the legendary sleuth a daring man of action as well as a peerless man of intellect. The film received Academy Award nominations for its fin de siècle art direction and Hans Zimmer's original score.